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Isola del Ferro

Modern name
El Hierro
Modern country
Canary Islands/Spain
Isola del Ferro, now El Hierro, is the southernmost, westernmost, and second-smallest of the Canary Islands. It is labeled on only two Sfera maps.
Coordinates
27.75, -18.0
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M197

Variant spellings of Isola del Ferro in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
i[sol]a delfero Tre
yxola dell fero Ashb7
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Isola del Ferro.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/isola-del-ferro/.